Spent a while at the garage on New Years Day (to try to avoid o/d’ing on all the left over food!) and the day after.
Achieved:-
- Connected heat exchanger outlets to vents and made permanent the connections with plastic ties
- Reconnected the carb to its supports and remade the hose connections
- Covered the sidelight cables in heat resisting sheathing and proved the wiring to the lights/indicators
- Re-stuck trim around cockpit edge
- Undid the carb hoses to allow the headlamp bar to be fixed across the bonnet – and did them up again
Failed:-
Tried to use the Burton jack to get the wheel off and gain access to the area under the mudguards. The suspension is so low that I cannot get it under the swing arm. Tried to use the block for punctured tubes to increase the height – but just pushed the wheel over and off the ramp! Solution – used the proper jack under the swing arms.
To Do:-
At this stage my goal is to complete everything under the bonnet, which is pretty well there, and then fit the bonnet. I can then seriously test drive it to see what problems occur; I anticipate brakes needing bleeding, tracking still to be done; investigate the suspension height, as the body weight and other factors may have altered; fit immobiliser; new screws for the steering wheel……. And then all the other odds and sods I have forgotten, including tidying up the wiring runs!
Comment:-
Gosh!! There is no room in the engine bay with the body on! Looking at it, I cannot see how service jobs like replacement of sparkplugs, or even retensioning or fitting the fan belt, can be done!
Done 2018 to date:
Jan 2018 x Engine arrives Feb 2018 x New engine in Feb 2018 x Engine out May 2018 x Remake electrical connections under wings Oct 2018 x Clutch and heater cables into corrugated hose? Oct 2018 x Redo fuel from filter Oct 2018 x Reconnect starter cables Oct 2018 x Oil in engine Oct 2018 x Put battery back in charge Oct 2018 x Find charger for electric spanner Nov 2018 x Engine and car runs Nov 2018 x Reassembly of engine and peripherals completed Dec 2018 x Re run bowden connection between heat exchangers